Resorcinarenes as Templates:  A General Strategy for the Synthesis of Large Macrocycles

Xuehe Li, Thomas G. Upton, Corinne L. D. Gibb, Bruce C. Gibb

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 79 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

The concept that resorcinarenes can be used as templates for the synthesis of large macrocycles is introduced. By way of example, previously inaccessible, aromatic crown ethers compounds are synthesized.

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